goal kickn.
/ˈɡəʊl kɪk/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊl ˌkɪk/ 1.
a. Rugby and (occasionally) American Football. An attempt to kick the ball between the goalposts and over the crossbar in order score a point or points following a try or touchdown, or (in rugby) resulting from a penalty. Also occasionally: a successful kick of this type.In both sports such kicks are now almost always taken as place-kicks, though the rules permit players to take them as drop-kicks.In rugby football a kick of this type is now more usually referred to as a kick at goal (see goal n. Phrases 1), or as a conversion or penalty kick specifically.
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drop1845
drop-kick1857
punt-out1861
free kick1862
poster1862
goal kick1870
dropout1882
touch kick1887
touch-finder1898
fly-kick1906
grubber kick1950
grub-kick1951
tap-kick1960
up and under1960
chip kick1965
Garryowen1965
box kick1972
chip and chase1976
1870 Bell's Life in London 26 Nov. 4/2 Soon afterwards Higgins got a touch-down; the goal kick, not a very difficult one, being missed by C. Strachan.
1904 Manch. Guardian 16 Feb. 4/4 Dixon ran in from the quarter line and scored again, and the goal kick added two more points.
1922 Aeroplane 18 Jan. 44/2 Guy's [Hospital] worked back to the R.A.F. line and, following a scrummage outside, scored a try, the goal kick failing.
1933 Michigan Alumnus 14 Oct. 45/2 Everhardus spun around the end behind good blocking for the touchdown and then capped it off with a goal kick for the final Michigan score.
1998 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 2 Nov. 23 This saw John Tinsley score an interception try under the posts. Dave Robinson added the goal kick.
2015 D. Alred in G. Hickie & E. Donaldson Rugby Revealed iii. 223/2 In an ideal world the goal kickers would come out 20 minutes early and work on drop punts or goal kicks.
b. Association Football. A kick taken by the defending team from within their goal area to restart play after the ball has crossed the byeline at their end of the pitch, having last been touched by a member of the attacking team. Cf. corner n.1 13a.Kicks of this type are typically taken by a team's goalkeeper, though this is not stipulated in the rules of the game.
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holding1866
hand-balling1867
left-footer1874
header1875
handball1879
goal kick1881
corner1882
spot kick1884
middle1899
clearance1920
cross-kick1927
cross-pass1929
body swerve1933
open goal1934
headball1936
chip1939
through-ball1956
wall pass1958
outswinger1959
cross1961
overlap1969
blooter1976
hospital pass1978
route one1978
sidefoot1979
top bin1999
ankle-biting2001
1881 Blackburn Standard 26 Nov. 6/5 Half-time was called, and on changing ends it was one series of corner and goal kicks in favour of Brindle.
1930 T. F. Mulholland in E. D. Caulkins Intimate Talks by Great Coaches 101 No player can be off-side from a goal kick.
1960 J. R. Witty in A. H. Fabian & G. Green Assoc. Football I. ii. iii. 169 The ball may have gone over the goal-line, but not into goal. If it were last played by an attacking player, the re-start is a goal kick.
1989 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Nov. 1 c Fresno goalkeeper Mark Dougherty sent a long goal kick past midfield.
2014 T. McCulloch Stillman 101 I miskicked the cross and put it out for a goal kick.
2. Rugby. A player who specializes in taking goal kicks (sense 1a); = goalkicker n. 2. Cf. place-kick n. 2. Now rare.
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dribbler1868
goalkicker1871
goal kick1875
punter1887
place-kicker1890
sidestepper1891
place-kick1896
non-import1964
wantaway1993
water carrier1993
code-hopper1998
galactico2003
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position
full back1875
goal kick1875
No. eight1876
goalkicker1879
three-quarter back1880
handler1888
three-quarter1889
heeler1892
scrum half1894
lock forward1898
standoff1902
five-eighth1905
hooker1905
threes1905
flying half1906
loose head1907
standoff1908
fly-half1918
fly1921
inside half1921
outside half1921
scrum1921
inside centre1936
flank forward1937
out-half1949
prop1950
prop forward1951
number eight1952
flanker1953
tight head1959
back-rower1969
second rower1969
striker1973
packman1992
1875 Derby Mercury 10 Mar. A mighty kick from Ashborne sent it [sc. the ball] back..to be met by the school goal-kick, who sent it with a twirl between the posts.
1960 T. McLean Kings of Rugby xi. 160 Henderson..was a goalkick of excellence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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